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SFU Business is proud to bring back The Global Agents for Change!

Founded in fall of 2006 by a dedicated group of SFU students and young professionals, Global Agents for Change (Global AFC) has grown incredibly quickly and has made an impact both locally and globally. Today, Global AFC mobilizes young people to explore social issues and effect change in their local and global communities.

SFU Global AFC will be seeking student leaders for these upcoming projects:

Riding to Break the Cycle (RTBTC)

RTBTC is the largest program offered by the Global AFC and has raised nearly $200,000 to date. The program is a series of bike tours to raise funds for enterprise development. A group of campus volunteers, with the aid of a chosen project manager, will facilitate student recruitment for upcoming world tours. For more information regarding the Global AFC tours, please visit www.globalafc.org.

Education Generation Fundraising

Global AFC operates an education fundraising platform called Education Generation. Education Generation believes education to be a fundamental right and a powerful force to break the cycle of poverty. To date, over $30,000 has been raised and 150 students, who otherwise would not have had the chance, have been placed in schools. Global AFC is seeking a group of student entrepreneurs to manage the task of continuous funding for this worthy cause. For more information regarding Education Generation, please visit www.educationgeneration.org.

SFU Leadership Grant

In partnership with LEAD SFU, a chosen volunteer will work to provide modest financial backing to SFU students who need initial financial support in launching innovative, grass-roots projects, aimed at creating positive social change off campus.

RTBTC Pledge Ride

On Sept 17^th, 2010 a joint ride will occur from both SFU and UBC campuses, which will meet at a central location. In addition to building unity among the chapters of the Global AFC, the ride will aim to familiarize students with the objectives of the Global AFC and recruit for the coming world tours. A chosen group of volunteers will manage the marketing, logistics, as well as internal communications to plan the Pledge Ride.

To submit your application for The Global AFC, please complete and email the attached application to SFU.GAFC@gmail.com by NO LATER THAN FRIDAY AUGUST 6^TH @ 6:00 PM.

If you have any questions or wish to receive additional information on the upcoming projects of the Global AFC, please contact Sharif Entezari at sea5@sfu.ca.

Now Hiring! SFSS General Office Administrative Assistant (Student Employee)

Would you like to work in an interesting, fast-paced environment at SFU, directly supporting student clubs, student activities, and the Simon Fraser Student Society? Here’s your chance – apply for a part-time student employee position in the Simon Fraser Student Society General Office.

Description: The General Office Administrative Assistant is primarily responsible for front-line delivery of membership services and the operation of the SFSS General Office. You will also act as a primary contact for the Society’s diverse membership, as well as for the public at large.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide front-line service for members in the Society’s General Office, including handling general inquiries, reception, delivering programs and services such as: student clubs, legal aid clinic appointments, administration of the commercial vending program, Winter Craft Fair, conference room bookings and cash handling, and providing basic information on the Undergraduate Health Plan.
• Administer the General Office, including room and event bookings, faxes, courier, mail processing, maintaining the Society’s poster boards, opening and closing duties, cleaning/tidying, and general administrative and other work as required
• Undertake and assist with delivering special projects and events, including Clubs Days, Pancake Breakfasts, advocacy campaigns, and other projects as required
• Provide information on the Society, its goals, policies, structures and activities, and refer individuals or groups as required
• Provide input on the operations and activities of the General Office, its services and programs • Be aware of the student, membership based, and service oriented nature of the General Office and related programs

Required Skills and Experience:
• Ability to work efficiently in a self-supervisory, multi-tasking environment, within clear timelines • Excellent telephone, reception, and organization skills
• Ability and experience with cash handling
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Understanding of the role of the Student Society for its membership, in terms of advocacy, representation, and the provision of services
• Understanding the operational structure of the university an asset • Administrative ability and experience
• Computing skills and experience including Macintosh word processing, spreadsheet, and database software. Knowledge of graphic software an asset.

Hours of work and compensation:
• Wage as per CUPE 3338 Unit 5 collective agreement: $21.19/hour
• Part time, between 8 and 20 hours of work per week, normally around 14 (Monday-Friday, between 9:30 and 4:30)

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and Fall 2010 class schedule either :
• in person to the SFSS General Office MBC 2250
• or by email to gohiring@sfss.ca (send your resume & cover letter as PDFs or Word Documents. Unreadable files will be ignored.)

Please address your cover letter to the “General Office Administrative Assistant Hiring Committee”. Deadline for applications: Friday, August 13 2010 at 4:30 PM. Late applications will not be considered. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to maintain a cooperative workplace. We regret that only candidates who have been short-listed for interviews will be contacted. Successful candidates will become members of CUPE 3338, unit 5 (SFSS).

Please note: this position will commence in the last week of August. Successful candidates are required to provide at least 16 hours of availability (between the hours of 9:30 and 4:30, M-F). You must be a currently registered SFU student (undergraduate or graduate). Interviews will be scheduled on August 17, 18, or 19 – candidates must be available for interviews on one of these dates.

SFU Business Career Management Centre

Undergraduate Business Job Postings

ACCESS THE JOB BOARD AT:
https://business-sfu-csm.symplicity.com/students/

Jobs Added to Career Network for the Week of July 26 to July 30, 2010:

Jobs Expiring Next Week:

New career opportunities in Finance can be found by accessing the following sites:
Vancouver CFA: http://www.cfavancouver.com/employment/default.aspx
Calgary CFA: http://www.calgarycfasociety.com/jobline/default.aspx

Recently named one of the world’s 100 best employment sites (Weddle, 2009), Eluta is a search engine that specializes in just one thing: finding new job announcements at employers across Canada and bringing them to one handy location where you are able to search them by job title, qualification or employer. You can also set up email notification to automatically receive job postings that match your search requirements.

Neat Feature: This feature isn’t neat, it’s amazing! Eluta has detailed information on companies that have won awards under the umbrella of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers” (as featured in Maclean’s magazine) and the efforts undertaken to win those awards. Subset of the main awards are awards by geographic region (e.g. BC’s Top 50 Employers) and awards for achievements in specific focus areas including: new Canadians, Diversity, Greenest and New Grads. The New Grad review can include information on highlights for new grads, hiring locations, typical positions for new grads, typical academic backgrounds, average starting salary and number of new entry level positions last year.

See for yourself at www.eluta.ca

For more fantastic job search resources, login to the Business Career Network at https://business-sfu-csm.symplicity.com/students , and visit your home page for links to online resources and also the Document Library section of Career Network to review valuable information contained in our comprehensive Career Management Guides

To view Vancouver Board of Trade event postings click here
To view Business in Vancouver event postings click here

Important note: Please READ before contacting the CMC

If you haven’t already registered for Career Network, please follow these instructions:

URL: https://business-sfu-csm.symplicity.com/students/
Click on the ‘Register’ button or tab
Username: your SFU Student ID# (NOT your Computing ID)
Password: sfubusiness

Once you have registered, it will take up to one full “business” day for your registration to be approved.

In order to prepare for a behavioural interview, you need to identify the key skills and competencies required for the position.  Prepare to talk about specific experiences from your past where you used those key competencies.  Use the SHARE response to help organize your answer.  S = situation:  describe the context in which the behaviour took place.  H = hindrance:  describe what the real issue was.  A = action:  take the interviewer through the steps you took to handle the situation or resolve the problem.  R = result:  explain what happened (be specific).  E = evaluation:  sum up what you learned from that experience.

SFU New Student Orientation is looking for students who are interested in volunteering to help with the days of Orientation and Week of Welcome. This is a fun, dynamic opportunity to assist in a wide variety of roles! This is an excellent opportunity to get involved on campus, build community and help make new student transition to SFU easier.

There are various shifts available on the two days of Orientation (Wednesday, September 1st and Thursday, September 2nd) and throughout the four days of Week of Welcome (Tuesday, September 7th to Friday, September 10th).

If you are interested please fill out the websurvey at http://websurvey.sfu.ca/survey/39340159.
For more information please contact Melissa Woodward at orientation@sfu.ca.

• Are you a confident writer?
• Are you interested in volunteer work that makes a meaningful difference in a person’s life and career?

The Business Faculty is recruiting new volunteers to act as FBA Writing Mentors to undergraduate students taking business courses.

Your Role

FBA Writing Mentors guide undergraduate writers in many areas of business and academic writing. Drawing on your strong writing skills, you will teach your fellow students how to improve their writing.

Your Commitment

Mentors will receive 12 hours of specialized training in September 2010. After successfully completing the training, mentors will volunteer approximately 20 hours over the course of the term.

Qualifications

• strong writing ability
• sound knowledge of the English language and rules of grammar and punctuation
• patient, enjoy helping people, good communicator
• tutoring experience in any subject (preferred)
• a grade of “B+” or higher in BUS 360W

To Apply: Drop off a cover letter, résumé, and an official (or unofficial) copy of your transcript in WMX 3302. Address your application package to:

Kevin Stewart, Coordinator
FBA Writing Mentorship Program
SFU Faculty of Business

Application Deadline: by 3pm on Monday, August 16, 2010

For More Information: Contact Kevin Stewart at kstewart@sfu.ca

SFU Business Career Management Centre

Undergraduate Business Job Postings

ACCESS THE JOB BOARD AT:
https://business-sfu-csm.symplicity.com/students/

Jobs Added to Career Network for the Week of July 19 to July 23, 2010:

Jobs Expiring Next Week:

New career opportunities in Finance can be found by accessing the following sites:
Vancouver CFA: http://www.cfavancouver.com/employment/default.aspx
Calgary CFA: http://www.calgarycfasociety.com/jobline/default.aspx

If you’ve tried applying for positions posted through your career centre, personal contacts, and online resources only to be told you lack experience, take a step forward on your career path by visiting nextsteps.org.  Next Steps provides a plethora of resources to help people, especially ambitious students ready to start their career, gain experience through various internship programs such as Youth Internship Canada, World University Service of Canada, and AIESEC.  Internships can be paid or unpaid, and there are many international opportunities for all ages and degree levels.  Next Steps compiles all the resources you require in one central hub, and the site will be the only place you need to look for internship opportunities.

Neat Feature: Much like many other job search websites, Next Steps has Career Profiles from A-Z; what stands out about Next Steps’ Career Profiles page is that each profile is a detailed description of the real functions of the job written by someone who has experienced it firsthand.  There is no bias to sway your opinion, all the positive and negative facts are presented, and often the profiles can be dissuading.  These profiles are a must read for people who are exploring their career options.

Find opportunities now by visiting www.nextsteps.org/jobs.  For more fantastic resources, stop by the Career Management Centre at WMC 2329 or login to the Business Career Network at https://business-sfu-csm.symplicity.com/students

To view Vancouver Board of Trade event postings click here
To view Business in Vancouver event postings click here

Important note: Please READ before contacting the CMC

If you haven’t already registered for Career Network, please follow these instructions:

URL: https://business-sfu-csm.symplicity.com/students/
Click on the ‘Register’ button or tab
Username: your SFU Student ID# (NOT your Computing ID)
Password: sfubusiness

Once you have registered, it will take up to one full “business” day for your registration to be approved.

MISA is on the lookout for a new panel of Directors for Fall 2010!

§  Thinking how you can expand on your skills inventory?

-           Project Management, Leadership, Teamwork and Communication skills are extremely valuable to one’s personal development and are also the key factors for workplace success.

-           MISA is the perfect place where you can seize many opportunities to organize business networking events and activities to acquire such skills.  Project managing these events will help you to meet new students and learn something new.

§  Do you wish to learn more about the latest trends in technology?

-           Each week, we present new topics on the latest technologies in the market.

-           You will be enlightened with emerging technologies and on topics that’s hot in the tech market.

§  Or just meet and network with industry professionals?

-           We hold several business networking events annually such as MISA Mixer, InfoTech Night, Careers in MIS and Future of MIS to give students a chance to mingle with industry professionals and improve on their networking skills.

If this appeals to you, then apply for one or more of our positions below.  These positions would open up new doors of opportunities to help you succeed in the workforce.

Please apply online at http://www.sfubiz.ca/misa/. Application deadline is August 6, 2010.

Director of Recruitment (1)
Duration: 1 semester
Duties:

• Promote the study of MIS and MISA in, but not limited to Simon Fraser University and secondary schools
• Recruit a minimum of three new general executives into MISA for each of the Fall and Spring semesters
• Develop any promotional materials necessary for recruitment

Director of Administration (1)
Duration: 1 semester
Duties:

• Keeps minutes of meetings;
• Maintains MISA poster boards in accordance to the requests of the Director of Communication and the executive
• Maintains a membership list and sign-in list at meetings;
• Makes regular reports to the membership

Director of Technology (1)
Duration: 1 semester
Duties:

• Oversee the operation and development of MISA’s Website;
• Develop and continually refine MISA’s Internet strategy;
• Formulate and support Internet initiatives that properly support MISA’s strategic focus;
• Ownership of organization’s technical-level functions; and
• Report weekly to the Executive Committee regarding above

Director of Communications (1)
Duration: 1 semester
Duties:

• Promote MISA and its events to the faculty and student population at SFU
• Develop promotional and informational materials for MISA
• Work with Director of Technology to maintain an up to date and effective informative website
• Work with Director of Administration to update and manage the MISA poster board spaces and the mailing lists
• Coordinate with Director of External Relations to supplement articles for MISAs page in The Buzz
• Ensure consistency between all advertising and communication developed or sent out by the executive

Director of Finance (1)
Duration: 1 semester
Duties:

• Maintains all financial records of the Club, including an accounting of all funds received and spent; and
• Prepares a budget for each semester, one month prior to the start of that semester
• If unavailable, Director of Finance is expected to assign financial duties to an available executive member

MIS Representative (1)
Duration: 1 semester
Duties:

• To be the liaison between MISA and Business Administration Student Society (BASS)
• Communicate MISA information to BASS, act in the best interest of MISA and voice any concerns
• To be responsible for the coordination and implementation of joint events between MISA and BASS
• To attend all MISA and BASS meetings
• Develop and maintain relationship with MIS alumni
• Track and maintain up to date alumni contact information, including contacting each alumni on a semi-annual basis to get confirmation on contact information
• Invite alumni to participate in our events and the development of our members
• Coordinate and run MISA’s annual networking and social MIS Alumni Night event